Dec 12, 10:00 TO 11:30AM EST (VIRTUAL) Her Excellency Minata Samaté Cessouma, the AU Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs, & Social Development reflects on key outcomes & recommendations from the Year of Nutrition in Africa. Learn More & Register > https://www.ifpri.org/event/my-reflections-year-african-nutrition
Policy Note 48: Self-targeted Fertilizer Subsidies
If Malawi’s fertilizer subsidy program aims to increase food security in the country, it should strive to target the most productive farmers. Subsidy levels can be set to self-target this group of farmers. This would maximize output achieved with subsidized fertilizer and eliminate the need for costly and error-prone top-down targeting. Authors: Chimwemwe Banda, Joachim […]
Policy Note 47: Pricing Farmer Contributions under AIP
The government can set the farmer contribution to fertilizer subsidized through the Affordable Input Programme (AIP) so that farmer demand for the commodity matches available supplies under the program. For any given budget dedicated to subsidizing fertilizer, this approach will maximize food security gains through two distinct channels. First, it will maximize the total amount […]
ANH Academy Call for Abstracts
The ANH Academy with co-hosts Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) invites the submission of abstracts for the Research Conference on the nexus of agriculture and food systems, nutrition and health. We welcome abstracts from all relevant disciplines, including but not limited to economics, nutrition, public health, epidemiology, environmental and climate sciences, agronomy, social and […]
IFPRI Blog: Can Conditional Cash Transfers Boost Trust Within Communities? In Tanzania, they did
When we began working with the government of Tanzania to evaluate a pilot conditional cash transfer program, we heard similar concerns from policymakers: Would cash transfers provided by the state erode informal safety nets? After several years of evaluation, the answer appears to be no.
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